U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Friday became the first Republican in the upper house to publicly call for the resignation of President Donald Trump, saying she has already “caused enough harm” to the nation.
The Alaska senator also questioned her own future in the Republican Party, warning that he could stop joining his ranks if he remains a slave to Trump although the president incited a mob of supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol to reverse his electoral defeat.
“I want him to resign. I want him out. He’s caused enough harm.”, Murkowski said, furious at the president’s behavior, in an interview with Anchorage Daily News.
“He has not focused on what is happening with the covid-19. Either he has been playing golf or he has been inside the Oval Office blowing and making the cross to all the people who have been loyal to him,” he said. say of the president.
“He just wants to stay here for his ego. He has to leave. He has to do what’s right, but I don’t think he’s able to do anything right.”
Murkowski, 63, has opposed his party and Trump on numerous occasions, however voted to acquit Trump at the president’s political trial last year.
In 2010, after losing in the primary with the candidate backed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Murkowski ran without a party, which means voters have to write their name if they want to vote. -the. And he won.
“If the Republican Party became anything more than the Trump party, I honestly wonder if it’s the party for me,” he told the Anchorage Daily News.
Most Senate Republicans, at least publicly, do not support Trump’s ouster.
Congressman Adam Kinzinger was the first Republican in the House to call for Trump’s departure through the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which allows the vice president and most of the cabinet to remove a president who is deemed incapable of fulfilling his duties. functions.
Several Senate Republicans have expressed outrage at Trump’s behavior, but none has explicitly stated that he wants the president to resign.
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse told CBS Friday that he would “definitely consider” political trial articles promoted by Democrats.
Mitt Romney, the only Republican in the Senate to vote to convict Trump in the political trial, shatter Trump in a speech in the chamber by resuming Joe Biden’s election victory certification session, Interrupted by the capture of Capitol.
But on Friday he failed to demand the removal of Trump.
“I think we have to hold our breath” until Jan. 20, when Biden takes office, he told The Washington Post.